“SAND" IS REQUSITE
OF NEWSPAPER MAN
Mr. Allen Tells State Editors of
the Methods and Results of
Journalism Department.
Eric \V. Allen, head of the journal
ism department, emphasized the fact
that “sand” is the primary element in
the making of a newspaper man, at
the annual convention of the Oregon
State Editorial association, which
met in Salem, November 5 and 6.
Professor Allen said in part:
“I do not promise any student of
mine that if he goes into journalism
he will be able to draw a good sal
ary; or, that he will even attain what
is commonly called great success. I
promise him that if he is determined
to go into this work, 1 will give him
four years of the hardest work that I
am able to give and that I will not
even promise to find him a position.
I promise merely to recommend him
for a place if I think he is the best
man I know for that place.
“In my personal work with the
students I employ a process of elim
ination. If I think a student, hasn’t
the making of a newspaper man, I
tell him so, and advise him to try
some other department. Success in
the newspaper work is not so much a
matter of being able to write wetl,
as it is a matter ol sand. More
sand than brains is nestled, but it
takes a lot of brains. I think work
is of extreme importance and my idea
is that no student shall go out of tills
department without having written
a million words.
“I have formed he habit of writing
to students who have gone out of the
University and are working on news
papers, in order to find out what sug
gestions they can give and whether
their work in the college of journal
ism Is of value to them. In many of
the answers I find that more benefit
Is 'derived from the study of the
ethics of the profession than from the
practice in newspaper writing. This
helps them to decide what action to
take upon the many questions which
confront the newspaperman.”
GIRLS PROMISE LETTERS
Thirty Oregon Students Volunteer
Kneournglng Messages to Ken
tucky Mountaineer Sisters
"A Tale of the Cumberlands,” re
lated by Mrs. Attila Norman at the
Y. W. C. A. ltungalow Tuesday af
ternoon, produced an unexpected re
sult on the large audience of Univer
sity women, faculty members, and
outsiders present.
Mrs. Norman Is known in Rugous as
the author of several books and is
the wife of a business man. She for
marly resided in Lexington, ken.,
has inadt' excursions Into the Cum
berland mountains and is familiar
with tin* life of ttu> people of the
hills.
After recounting many of her ex
periences In that part of the country
Mrs. Norman said in conclusion. “It
would be a great help to the young
people there, who are struggling to
obtain an education if students here
would correspond with some of them.
Thirty girls immediately gave her
their names to send bach to those in
charge of educational institutions In
the district. The following names are
on tln> list: Prances Schenk, Roberta
Klllam, Marlon Reel. Ksther Furu
set. Lillian Porter, Vivian Pallette,
-Neta Miller. Ruth Pearce, I.ncile
Saunders, Helen Cattery. Herntce In
galls, Mary Hbdop, Ida Johnson. Mil
dred Frye, Kathryn Hartley, Helen
MePonahl, Kvangeline Kendall, Opal
Holverson, Verna MeC.ully, (trace
Maberly. Vernice Robbins, Ruth Fra
lev, Xeta Hunter, Frances°Shoemnker
Martha Hoer, Kvangeline Husband.
Genevieve Chapin, Harriet Garrett,
Frances Raker, and Louise Allen.
Mrs. Norman says she receives many
Interesting letters from these Ken
tucky students and finds it a great
pleasure to w rite to them.
A generous benefactor of Hart
mouth college has offered the means
of erecting two dormitories to the
institutions, on condition that Dart
mouth be open to women as well as
men.
POSTS MO IN 20 YEHRS
Deon Strflub Breaks Long Postless
Rra This Month; Others Submit
Them Prolifically.
Two posts, the first that he has
ever submitted to the office since
the posting system began at the Uni
versity in 1895, were turned in this
month by Dr. John Straub. Both
posts came in a Greek mythology
class.
For the first month of the year
212 posts were sent to the office; for
the past four weeks only 102 have
been turned in, although Dr. F. G.
G. Schmidt has not yet made his re
port.
The greatest number of posts have
been turned in from the department
of English literature. According to
Dr. Straub, the number of posts for
men and for women compare as four
to one. Freshmen and new students
get the majority of the posts, even
making allowance for their superior
number i th© University. “More
posts come the first month than suc
ceeding months,” says Miss Clara
Dee, of the business office. “It
seems to be because the new students
have not learned to study yet.
“One post is considered a warn
ing, th© second is a danger signal,
and the third in the same course,
failure.”
All professors do not post. Dr.
George Rebec, for example, does not.
Ifo sends a personal note asking the
student to withdraw from class or
make up the required work in a the
sis, or otherwise make good. Last
year one department asked three men
to withdraw because of absences and
lost work. The professor also has
power to fail such students, as well
as require them to withdraw, accord
ing to the catalogue.
Before the posting system began,
the custom of “extra session” was in
vogue. It died out in 1890 under
President Johnson. Dr. Straub de
scribes the extra session as a re
quirement of delinquent students to
return at 4 p. m. and make up the
lessons in which they had failed'
earlier in the day.
FIRST DEPUTATION TRIP
IS TAKEN TO CRESWELL
Pi f teen Students Visit Neighboring
Town Lust Week-end as Exten
sion Members of Y’s.
The first deputation of the year,
under the direction of the Y. M. C.
A. extension department, was made
last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,
when 15 students and members of
the faculty made a trip to Creswell.
Alter their arrival Friday after
noon, they were entertained at the
high school, and in the evening at
the Etna theatre. Games, a school
program, and refreshments fea
tured.
On Saturday, an afternoon of hik
ing was supplemented by a game of
basketball, In the evening. iTlie
Creswell high school team defeated
the visitors.
Members of the delegation spoke
at the Sunday services in various
churches, and all were present at a
mass meeting held in the evening at
tlu> 1’resbyterlun church, at which
Cloyd Dawson, Y. M. 0. A. president;
Mary Gillies, general secretary of the
Y. W. C. A.; Dr. C. 11. Edmondson,
of the department of zoology, and
other members spoke.
Trips are scheduled for the near
future to Springfield, Cottage Grove
and other towns in the state. The
purpose is to use the influence of the
local organization to help the similar
associations in the smaller towns.
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Twenty-five sophomores and fresh
men are practicing daily for the
Soph-Frosh battle next week.
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ANSWER POWER PROBLEM
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ficials and government departments,"
to say nothing of the University it
self, are engaged on a long cam
paign, which is going to be kept up
unremittingly until this northwest
country is on the road to industrial
development or we know the reason
why. This University now has four
departments of the federal govern
ment, those of commerce, state, ag
riculture, and the interior, earnestly
tackling the problems we have
raised.
“The scientifice side is being
handled through the Oregon Hydro
Electric association, which is largely
composed of engineers am] experts
in various lines allied to the main
purpose in hand. If the laws are
wrong, we can have them changed;
if transportation is lacking, it can be
developed and encouraged; if labor
conditions are unfavorable, they can
be studied and plans adapted to ac
tural ocn'ditions; if chemical indus
tries are essential, the raw material
must be opened up and the necessary
trade processes evolved; but, take it
all in all, if we have a resource of
real value in his tremendous water
power, we are going to get at it, and
get the use of it. That is one of the
things for which the University of
Oregon school of commerce exists.
If we don’t succeed ourselves, and I
think we can to a great extent, we
are raising up a generation of young,
thoroughly trained business men who
will find the answer.”
COST ACCOUNTING, SUBJECT
Dr. 1). W. Morton Outlines Plans for
Country Newspaper Convention
At the annual convention of the
Oregon State Editorial association,
which met in Salem Friday and Sat
urday of last week, Dr. D. W. Mor
ton, dean of the school of commerce,
outlined a constructive scheme for
cost accounting for the country news
paper. Many representatives of small
country papers expressed a desire to
have the cooperation of the depart
ment of accounting of the University,
in the installing of a new system.
' Columbia University will play foot
ball this year, after having aban
doned the game for ten years. Sev
enty green candidates have signed
up to turn out for the varsity.
W. U. LENDS BOOKS
Courtesy of Wisconsin Makes Pos
sible Offering of Courses in
Commerce
The School of Commerce of the
University is now offering to the peo
ple of the state a number of thorough
courses in business administration,
cost accounting, and commercial law.
This has been made possible
through the courtesy of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin. Dr. D. \V. Morton,
dean of the school of commerce made
arrangements with Dean Ueber, of
the University of Wisconsin exten
sion department, for the use of the
ext books of that institution. TheUni
versi.v of Wisconsin has gone to a
great deal of expense in the prepar
ation of these text books but the only
cost to the University of Oregon will
be that in connection with the re
printing of the texts. All these books
will be mimeographed and put into
form for the use of the extension de
partment.
For each of these courses a fee of
one dollar will be charged in addition
to the cost of the text assignments.
A registration fee of one dollar is al
so charged in the correspondence de
partment which is paid once a year
regardless of the number of courses
taken.
The courses offered by this de
partment are: the general organiza
tion of business, a course treating the
development of a business through
he various stages, marketing meth
ods, cost accounting, solution of C.
1’. A. problems, cost accounting for
printers, laws of contracts, law of
sale, law of private corporations,
law of insurance, law of commercial
papers, retail selling and store man
agement which is given to help sales
men. it crystalizes the experience of
many persons and combines elements
of their success in scientific presen
tation.
Friday
jr • „
We will sell 500 pounds more of
these little pig picnic hams at
lie lb.
Sugar Cured
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Your Patronage Kindly Solicited
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Our price has al
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Special Sale of
Raincoats
$10
We are offering
a limited number
of raincoats in
cluding gaber
,'and rubberized
cloths. Values up
to $25.—bearing
such well known
labels as Priest
ly, R. and W.,
Mandleberg, etc;
Get a New Rooter Hat
For Freshies, Co-eds, Etc.
Eugene’s Big Place
The Rainbow
—Sweets—
Jay McCormick, Mgr.
Rainbow Alleys
—Are popular—
M. L. Patton, Mgr.
The Cluh
—Smokes—
D. Z. Elsto, Mgr.
Billiards
—Fascinating—
Pete Howe, Mgr.
Dop in for a few minutes, the boys will make you feel at
home. Call 771 for sporting returns.
Lights Go Out
T
Panama Pacific Exposition
on
Saturday, December 4
Are you interested in
Mining
Agriculture
Horticulture
Manufacturing
Science
Art
The latest developments in all industries can
be seen here. You cannot afford to miss it.
LOW FARES
for exposition travel are in effect until
November 30 via the 0
Shasta Route
Write for our booklet “Wayside Notes”
or secure information from local agent
Southern Pacific
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon.